Crossing the Pasture
c. 1871–1872 · Oil on canvas · Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth
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About this work
- Artist
- Winslow Homer (1836–1910)
- Year
- c. 1871–1872
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 66.7 × 96.5 cm
- Collection
- Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth
- Movement
- Realism
Two country boys walk down a green hillside pasture toward the viewer, the older one carrying a long fishing pole over his shoulder while the younger, holding a tin pail, presses close against him. Homer painted scenes of rural boyhood again and again in the years after the Civil War, when the subject carried a quiet longing for a calmer America. Here the steep hills, the bright cloudy sky and the grazing cattle frame the two figures, who seem to be keeping a wary eye on the animals. The painting is in the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A warm green-and-ochre country scene for a family room, kitchen or farmhouse hallway in a dark wood frame. It suits sage, cream or soft olive walls at 36×24 and pairs with Homer's Snap the Whip.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Realism painting
- Era
- 19th century (c. 1871–1872)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- kitchen, hallway or entryway, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 36×24. Prints at 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard; 36×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — black suits the deep tones of this period; dark wood warms it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
